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Synonyms for soldier

noun

warrior, fighter, fighting man, private, officer, enlisted man, enlisted woman, volunteer, conscript, commando, mercenary, musketeer, cadet, rank and file, ranks, selectee, commissioned officer, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, recruit, veteran, Green Beret, Tommy (British), warmonger, militant, G.I.*, Joe*, doughfoot*, dogface*, grunt*.

Types of soldiers include: marine, infantryman, foot soldier, rifleman, sharpshooter, marksman, sniper, guerrilla, scout, skirmisher, sniper-scout, guardsman, artilleryman, gunner, cannoneer, engineer, cavalryman, trooper, knight, dragon, airman, bomber pilot, fighter pilot, torpedo operator, air gunner, radio operator, signalman, paratrooper, commando, air-borne trooper, tanker, Seabee, Green Beret, Special Forces, Ranger, draftee, selectee, ski trooper, antiaircraft gunner, pioneer, machine-gunner, sepoy, Zouave, grenadier.

See soldier in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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